Anyone Else Going To Rocklahoma?

[Porky]

Rocklahoma Preparations Underway



KOTV - 7/11/2007 10:34 AM - Updated 7/11/2007 8:33 PM

Country Fever is apparently contagious. It's spread to rock-n-roll. The same group that's put on the Country Fever event in Pryor the past few years is kicking off Rocklahoma, a four-day rock-n-roll festival that starts Thursday. The News On 6's Steve Berg reports they've made a lot of changes just in the few weeks since Country Fever, and now they're ready to rock the house.

The fever is spreading. Promoter Mark Nuessle says they've expanded the grounds about 300 feet further back.

"We can put about 65,000 people in here now," said Nuessle. "We're expecting a big crowd."

STORY------>  http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=131256

Rocklahoma Site------>  http://www.rockfeverfest.com/

[RecycleMichael]

What a great lineup!

I wish I was twenty years younger. Going to a four day music festival would kill most people my age.

[Porky]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

What a great lineup!

I wish I was twenty years younger. Going to a four day music festival would kill most people my age.

That's why I'm only going on Saturday. [}:)]

It'll be a hoot, it's been a long time since we all went to the Fairgrounds for an outdoor concert. So Pryor shouldn't be that long of a drive. []

Thankfully this time they don't have Leon Russel on the ticket, so we won't have to stand for hours in the heat until he is ready to get on stage for 15 minutes....... anyone else remember that July 4th?

Got a good feel'in about this one.... I think everyone should check it out if they can. []

[dsjeffries]

I plan on going!

[sgrizzle]

This is why it would've been nice if they had actually built the outdoor ampitheater west of downtown and why I think we still need a large outdoor venue.

[cannon_fodder]

A large outdoor venue just WEST of Tulsa would make more sense.  Closer to OKC that way.  Something entirely cool overlooking Keystone or something... think Red Rock.  Well, as that venue improves in popularity the need for another one is limited.

Anyway, my wife is all over this for the next 3 days.  I hope she doesnt come home with a barbed wire tattoo on her arm...

I've had my fill of large concerts.  Especially with hair bands:  "Are we load enough for ya'?"

[RecycleMichael]

I remember going to the Peter Frampton, Gary Wright concert in the 70s at the fairgrounds race track.

Between beer, heat, humidity and the humility of being a teeneager wiped me out.

I walked home and as I entered the house, my mother said I looked like I was coming home from the war in Vietnam.

[Townsend]

I've been told the stores around Pryor are out of aquanet and there is a hole in the ozone developing over East Oklahoma.

It's great this is so successful.  We can use all the cool publicity we can get.

[cannon_fodder]

I will be interested to see what the head count is.

[grahambino]

at least the weather will be nice.
looking @ the lineup.  the only band i'd even remotely want to see is twisted sister and that's for one song.

YOU'RE GONNA BURN IN HELL!
AHHHH BURN IN HELLLLLLLL!

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

A large outdoor venue just WEST of Tulsa would make more sense.  Closer to OKC that way.  Something entirely cool overlooking Keystone or something... think Red Rock.  Well, as that venue improves in popularity the need for another one is limited.

Anyway, my wife is all over this for the next 3 days.  I hope she doesnt come home with a barbed wire tattoo on her arm...

I've had my fill of large concerts.  Especially with hair bands:  "Are we load enough for ya'?"

The one they were supposed to build west of downtown was going to use the red rocks architects. I think this would be great on the side of lookout mountain or turkey mountain.

[Conan71]

Yah mon, I'm all primped & ready.  Rock on!

[mr.jaynes]

Perhaps if this is going to be an anual event, I may just fly back to T-Town next summer and check it out. I grew up with that stuff!

[Wilbur]

Thought about it until I read how few of the original members are still in any of the groups.  I believe I read only 9 total original members will be there for all the groups.

So, those bands aren't those bands anymore except in name only.  The songs will still be great though.

[rwarn17588]

An interesting point, but I'm hard-pressed to think of *any* bands from 20-30 years ago that have their "heyday" members.

Most of the ones that stick together are -- surprise -- the highly successful ones over the long term. The hair bands of the 1980s saw their fortunes take a steep downturn during the 1990s, and none of them really sells many CDs now.

Another attrition factor is drug and alcohol abuse, which was rife, but not exclusively to, the hair bands. Nothing like addiction to thoroughly derail a career.